Mob No. 116: “Welcome, mercenaries! I am the Central Fleet Suppression Unit Supreme Commander and 1st Fleet Commander, Jack Bardou Breskin! I thank you for assisting in training my 1st Fleet’s combat ship fleet!”

The next day, the request from the military, or rather the 1st Fleet of the Central Fleet Suppression Unit, was posted on the bulletin board.

I had hoped around 100 interested people would swarm it, immediately filling the slots so the deadline would close that day, but it seems most held back since it was the First Fleet, and the recruitment didn’t fill up by the … Read the rest

Mob No. 115: “Understood. I’ll apply by the deadline. Is that acceptable?”

With the numerous feedback and my own doubts, I went ahead and extensively revised the cause.

I think this should be better than before.

I was able to return to Planet Ytts without incident and, upon getting home, was about to do the laundry right away when I got a call from my mom.

[John! I’m glad I reached you!]

“What’s wrong, Mom? You sound really flustered.”

My mom on the hologram of the wrist terminal looked quite panicked.

“Well…something terrible happened…”

From my mom’s demeanor, I judged … Read the rest

Mob No. 114: “Then do it yourselves, you bastards!”

Third Party Side

It was obvious to the mercenaries that the workers were combat amateurs, but they couldn’t help hesitating for a moment when they saw the universal terminal’s call standby screen that was the detonation switch.

Just then, workers who hadn’t joined the uprising arrived.

Seeing their comrades, they had looks of shock, confusion, and anger on their faces.

“What the hell are you guys doing, kitted out with such dangerous stuff!”

“We’ve reached our limit! We’re gonna slaughter those damn nobles! You’ve been mistreated by nobles too, right?!”

“And … Read the rest

Mob No. 113: “If you won’t join us, we’ll blow up this whole colony!”

Third Party Side

As the final maintenance work on the gate finished, the workers and mercenaries from the last shift started returning to the colony one after another.

Only once all the personnel from the last shift had returned to the colony would everyone finally be released from their duties.

The construction company had arranged for the workers to return on a large transport ship, so they didn’t have any particular movements until the ship arrived.

However, since the individual mercenaries each had their own ships, … Read the rest

Mob No. 112: “Oh, but you really do love these plain old jobs, don’t you?”

After eating at Star Dust Burger, I went to Animember and bought the new release of Skeleton Knight’s Travels to Another World and the paperback volumes 1-3 of the historical fiction Mercenary Business series at the regular bookstore Empire Progress Books. On my way home,

“Hello there.”

Someone called out to me.

At first I thought it was some catch sales, but when I took a good look at who had called out, it was the owner of Repair and Recycling Curious Garage, Ms. Gracia … Read the rest

Mob No. 111: “That’s a line that would make all the women in the universe your enemies…”

To avoid getting caught up in troublesome business, I headed to the familiar fast food chain Star dust Burger for lunch.

I ordered an iced coffee, cheeseburger and fries set.

I was recommended to try their new white sauce burger but decided to pass on it for some reason.

Sitting at the table, I was reading a light novel on my wrist terminal while popping fries into my mouth, when I overheard a conversation between two high school girls sitting nearby.

“Hey! I … Read the rest

Mob No. 110: “It’s fun to entertain delicate guests, isn’t it?”

Soon after that, even though I was released by the general, I ended up staying overnight at the spaceport because I had a little alcohol, which I don’t normally drink.

The next morning, as expected, nothing happened, so instead of using the gate I came in through, I took a roundabout route through several cheaper gates to eventually make my way back to Planet Ytts.

Since it was my base planet, I didn’t dock at the spaceport but landed my ship at the mercenary guild’s parking area. Without stopping … Read the rest

Mob #109: “But I should be allowed to specifically request and hire you for mercenary work, right?”

“There’s no way you can get compensation from something like that.”

The voice belonged to Rear Admiral Jack Valdo Brezhskin, who had previously helped me avoid recruitment.

“R-Rear Admiral Brezhskin…”

As nobility, the son of Count Streidam Bissen of course recognized him and stood at rigid attention.

“You, what’s your name?”

“I-I’m Streidam Bissen!”

Bissen seemed quite frightened of the Rear Admiral’s presence as higher nobility and a seasoned military officer.

As a mercenary myself I thought he needn’t be that scared, but … Read the rest

Mob #108: “There’s no way you can get compensation from something like that.”

Planet Galostidar is one of the imperial direct territories scattered within the Galactic Empire.

The reason being the planet has two-way gates for direct travel to and from the imperial capital Planet Hein nearby, making it a critical location militarily as well as for transportation and logistics.

In fact, they used these gates to launch invasions against what are now imperial territories when they were independent nations, so the gates’ importance is self-evident.

Security is extremely tight not just on imperial direct territories, but it’s said even … Read the rest

Mob #107: “That foolish son…”

Phew…that was close.

Since he reacted to the decoy missile before, I tried it again thinking he might overanalyze and react the same way, and he took the bait perfectly.

I wanted to keep him alive for information, but there was no margin for that.

If I had tried to pacify him by shooting his nozzles, I would’ve been the one shot down.

Since he was intent on killing, it’s only natural for me to resist with intent to kill as well.

Though it seemed he’d have time to escape, and it’d be dangerous to … Read the rest